diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 7d11854028e8..4dc98f5f2e84 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2353,8 +2353,9 @@ retry:
 	spin_unlock(&nm_i->nid_list_lock);
 
 	/* Let's scan nat pages and its caches to get free nids */
-	f2fs_build_free_nids(sbi, true, false);
-	goto retry;
+	if (!f2fs_build_free_nids(sbi, true, false))
+		goto retry;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*